List of Dakar Rally records

This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Records are correct as of the 2026 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.

Bold names indicate active as of the most recent rally.

Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.

Bike

Most wins

Rank	Rider	Years	Wins
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998	6
2	Cyril Neveu	1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987	5
	Cyril Despres	2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
	Marc Coma	2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
5	Edi Orioli	1988, 1990, 1994, 1996	4
6	Richard Sainct	1999, 2000, 2003	3
7	Hubert Auriol	1981, 1983	2
	Gaston Rahier	1984, 1985
	Fabrizio Meoni	2001, 2002
	Toby Price	2016, 2019
	Sam Sunderland	2017, 2022
	Kevin Benavides	2021, 2023
	Ricky Brabec	2020, 2024
14	Gilles Lalay	1989	1
	Nani Roma	2004
	Matthias Walkner	2018
	Daniel Sanders	2025
	Luciano Benavides	2026

Most stage wins

Rank	Rider	Wins
1	Cyril Despres	33
	Stéphane Peterhansel
3	Joan Barreda	29
4	Jordi Arcarons	27
5	Hubert Auriol	24
	Marc Coma
7	Alessandro De Petri  [ it ]	19
8	Edi Orioli	17
	Gaston Rahier
10	Toby Price	16
11	Richard Sainct	15

Most podiums

Rank	Rider				Total
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	6	0	0	6
2	Cyril Despres	5	4	1	10
3	Marc Coma	5	2	0	7
4	Cyril Neveu	5	0	0	5
5	Edi Orioli	4	1	1	6
6	Richard Sainct	3	1	1	5
7	Ricky Brabec	2	2	0	4
8	Toby Price	2	1	3	6
9	Fabrizio Meoni	2	1	2	5
10	Hubert Auriol	2	1	0	3
	Kevin Benavides	2	1	0	3
12	Sam Sunderland	2	0	2	4
13	Gaston Rahier	2	0	1	3
14	Gilles Lalay	1	2	1	4
	Matthias Walkner	1	2	1	4
16	Luciano Benavides	1	0	0	1
	Nani Roma	1	0	0	1
	Daniel Sanders	1	0	0	1
19	Jordi Arcarons	0	4	2	6

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Rider	Years	Wins
1	Hubert Auriol	1984	9
2	Stéphane Peterhansel	1997	7
3	Chuck Stearns	1985	6
	Alessandro De Petri  [ it ]	1990
	Jordi Arcarons	1993, 1994
7	Heinz Kinigadner	1995	5
	Francisco López Contardo	2013
	Joan Barreda	2014
	Toby Price	2016

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	KTM	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026	21
2	Yamaha	1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998	9
3	Honda	1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2020, 2021, 2024	8
4	BMW	1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1999, 2000	6
5	Cagiva	1990, 1994	2
6	Gas Gas	2022	1

• Most successful model of bike: KTM 450 Rally with 11 wins in 2011-2019, 2023 and 2025 (12 including the Gas Gas 450 Rally Factory Replica's win in 2022).

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	KTM	251
2	Yamaha	140
3	Honda	120
4	Cagiva	59
5	BMW	49
6	Husqvarna	14
7	Suzuki	10
8	Sherco	6
9	Aprilia	5
	Gas Gas
	Hero
12	Gilera	3
13	Barigo	2
14	Kawasaki	1

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	France	22
2	Italy	6
	Spain
4	Argentina	3
	Australia
6	Belgium	2
	United Kingdom
	United States
9	Austria	1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Austria	KTM	22	22	19	63
2	France	Barigo	22	17	17	56
3	Japan	Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha	17	19	20	56
4	Italy	Aprilia, Cagiva	8	8	11	27
5	Spain	Gas Gas	7	11	5	23
6	Germany	BMW	6	2	2	10
7	Australia		3	1	4	8
8	Argentina		3	1	0	4
9	United States		2	3	3	8
10	United Kingdom		2	0	2	4
11	Belgium		2	0	1	3
12	Chile		0	2	4	6
13	Portugal		0	2	2	4
14	South Africa		0	1	2	3
	Sweden	Husqvarna	0	1	2	3
16	Botswana		0	1	0	1
	India	Hero	0	1	0	1
	Norway		0	1	0	1
	Slovakia		0	1	0	1

Quad

2009 - 2024

Most wins

Rank	Rider	Years	Wins
1	Marcos Patronelli	2010, 2013, 2016	3
	Ignacio Casale	2014, 2018, 2020
3	Alejandro Patronelli	2011, 2012	2
	Alexandre Giroud	2022, 2023
	Manuel Andújar	2021, 2024
6	Josef Macháček	2009	1
	Rafał Sonik	2015
	Sergey Karyakin	2017
	Nicolás Cavigliasso	2019

Most stage wins

Rank	Rider	Wins
1	Ignacio Casale	23
2	Marcos Patronelli	21
3	Alexandre Giroud	16
4	Nicolás Cavigliasso	13
5	Marcelo Medeiros	11
	Manuel Andújar
7	Alejandro Patronelli	10
8	Christophe Declerck	8
9	Pablo Copetti	7
10	Tomas Maffei	6
	Rafał Sonik
12	Josef Macháček	5
	Sergey Karyakin
14	Sebastian Halpern	4
	Jeremías González Ferioli

Most podiums

Rank	Rider				Total
1	Ignacio Casale	3	2	0	5
	Marcos Patronelli	3	2	0	5
3	Alejandro Patronelli	2	2	0	4
4	Alexandre Giroud	2	1	0	3
5	Manuel Andújar	2	0	0	2
6	Rafał Sonik	1	1	3	5
7	Nicolás Cavigliasso	1	1	0	2
8	Josef Macháček	1	0	0	1
	Sergey Karyakin	1	0	0	1
10	Jeremías González	0	2	1	3

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Rider	Years	Wins
1	Nicolás Cavigliasso	2019	9
2	Ignacio Casale	2014	7
3	Alexandre Giroud	2024	6
4	Alejandro Patronelli	2011	5
5	Josef Macháček	2009	4
	Marcos Patronelli	2010, 2012, 2013
	Tomas Maffei	2012
	Ignacio Casale	2018, 2020
	Alexandre Giroud	2021, 2023
	Marcelo Medeiros	2023

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Yamaha	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	16

• Most successful model of quad: Yamaha Raptor 700R with 16 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Yamaha	179
2	Honda	10
3	Polaris	5
	Can-Am
5	E-ATV	3
6	Suzuki	1
	Barren	1

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Argentina	8
2	Chile	3
3	France	2
4	Czech Republic	1
	Poland
	Russia

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Japan	Honda, Yamaha	16	15	16	47
2	Argentina		8	10	4	22
3	Chile		3	3	0	6
4	France		2	2	0	4
5	Poland		1	1	5	7
6	Czech Republic		1	0	0	1
	Russia		1	0	0	1
8	Canada	Can-Am	0	1	0	1
9	United States		0	0	2	2
10	Bolivia		0	0	1	1
	Netherlands		0	0	1	1
	Slovakia		0	0	1	1
	South Africa		0	0	1	1
	Spain		0	0	1	1

Car

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021	8
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026	6
3	Ari Vatanen	1987, 1989, 1990, 1991	4
	Carlos Sainz	2010, 2018, 2020, 2024
5	René Metge	1981, 1984, 1986	3
	Pierre Lartigue	1994, 1995, 1996
7	Jean-Louis Schlesser	1999, 2000	2
	Hiroshi Masuoka	2002, 2003
9	Alain Génestier	1979	1
	Freddy Kottulinsky	1980
	Claude Marreau	1982
	Jacky Ickx	1983
	Patrick Zaniroli	1985
	Juha Kankkunen	1988
	Hubert Auriol	1992
	Bruno Saby	1993
	Kenjiro Shinozuka	1997
	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	1998
	Jutta Kleinschmidt	2001
	Luc Alphand	2006
	Giniel de Villiers	2009
	Nani Roma	2014
	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	2025

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Ari Vatanen	50
	Stéphane Peterhansel
	Nasser Al-Attiyah
4	Carlos Sainz	42
5	Jacky Ickx	29
6	Sébastien Loeb	28
7	Hiroshi Masuoka	25
8	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	24
9	Pierre Lartigue	21
	Kenjiro Shinozuka
11	Giniel de Villiers	18
12	Bruno Saby	15
	Jean-Louis Schlesser

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	8	2	2	12
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	6	5	1	12
3	Carlos Sainz	4	0	2	6
4	Ari Vatanen	4	0	0	4
5	Pierre Lartigue	3	2	1	6
6	René Metge	3	0	0	3
7	Hiroshi Masuoka	2	2	0	4
8	Jean-Louis Schlesser	2	0	3	5
9	Giniel de Villiers	1	4	3	8
10	Kenjiro Shinozuka	1	2	4	7
11	Sebastien Loeb	0	3	2	5

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Pierre Lartigue	1994	10
2	Jacky Ickx	1984	9
3	Ari Vatanen	1989, 1990, 1992, 1996	7
	Jean-Louis Schlesser	2001
	Carlos Sainz	2011
	Sébastien Loeb	2023
10	Hubert Auriol	1994	6
	Stéphane Peterhansel	2003
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2021
13	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2015	5
	Sébastien Loeb	2017, 2024

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Mitsubishi	1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007	12
2	Peugeot	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018	7
3	Mini	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021	6
4	Citroën	1991, 1994, 1995, 1996	4
	Volkswagen	1980, 2009, 2010, 2011
	Toyota	2019, 2022, 2023, 2025
7	Range Rover	1979, 1981	2
	Porsche	1984, 1986
	Schlesser	1999, 2000
10	Renault	1982	1
	Mercedes	1983
	Audi	2024
	Dacia	2026

• Most successful model of car: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Mitsubishi	150
2	Peugeot	78
3	Citroën	59
	Volkswagen
5	Toyota	52
6	Mini	44
7	Range Rover	34
8	Schlesser	30
9	Nissan	21
	Porsche
11	Lada	18
	Prodrive [a]
13	Mercedes-Benz	17
14	BMW	13
15	Audi	12
16	Hummer	9
17	Renault	8
18	Ford	6
19	Opel	5
20	Dacia	3
20	Land Rover	2
	Aixam-Mega [5]
	SEAT
	Red Bull/SMG [6]
	Century [7]
26	Fiat	1
	Haval
	Subaru
	Gordini

1. Includes stage wins under BRX

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	France	23
2	Qatar	6
3	Finland	5
	Spain
5	Japan	3
6	Germany	2
7	Belgium	1
	Saudi Arabia
	South Africa

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	France	Bourgoin, Citroën, Cotel, Mega, Peugeot, Renault, Schlesser	37	30	33	100
2	Japan	Mitsubishi, Toyota	19	25	25	69
3	Germany	Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen	9	8	6	23
4	United Kingdom	Mini, Prodrive, Range Rover	8	9	9	26
5	Qatar		6	5	1	12
6	Spain		5	4	3	12
7	Finland		5	0	0	5
8	South Africa		1	5	3	9
9	Belgium		1	3	0	4
10	Sweden		1	1	2	4
11	Saudi Arabia		1	0	1	2
12	Romania	Dacia	1	0	0	1
13	United States	Ford, Hummer	0	2	5	7
14	Russia	Lada	0	2	2	4
15	Italy	Fiat	0	0	2	2
16	Brazil		0	0	1	1
	Poland		0	0	1	1

Stock

Since 2026

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Rokas Baciuška	2026	1

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Rokas Baciuška	7
2	Sara Price	4
3	Stéphane Peterhansel	3

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Year	Wins
1	Rokas Baciuška	2026	7
2	Sara Price	2026	4
3	Stéphane Peterhansel	2026	3

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Rokas Baciuška	1	0	0	1
2	Sara Price	0	1	0	1
3	Ronald Basso	0	0	1	1

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Land Rover	2026	1

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Land Rover	14

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Lithuania	1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	United Kingdom	Land Rover	1	1	0	2
2	Lithuania		1	0	0	1
3	United States		0	1	0	1
4	France		0	0	1	1
	Japan	Toyota	0	0	1	1

Lightweight

Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.

Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.

For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.

T3 Lightweight Prototype

Since 2021

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Josef Macháček	2021	1
	Francisco López Contardo	2022
	Austin Jones	2023
	Cristina Gutiérrez	2024
	Nicolás Cavigliasso	2025
	Pau Navarro	2026

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Seth Quintero	20
2	Mitch Guthrie	11
3	Cristina Gutiérrez	5
4	Kris Meeke	4
5	Guillaume De Mévius	2
	Francisco López Contardo
7	Austin Jones	1
	João Ferreira

Wins by co-driver

Rank	Co-driver	Years	Wins
1	Pavel Vyoral	2021	1
	Juan Pablo Latrach	2022
	Gustavo Gugelmin	2023
	Pablo Moreno Huete	2024
	Valentina Pertegarini	2025

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Cristina Gutiérrez	1	0	1	2
2	Josef Macháček	1	0	0	1
	Francisco Lopez Contardo	1	0	0	1
	Austin Jones	1	0	0	1
	Nicolás Cavigliasso	1	0	0	1
6	Camelia Liparoti	0	1	0	1
	Sebastian Eriksson	0	1	0	1
	Seth Quintero	0	1	0	1
	Mitch Guthrie	0	1	0	1
10	Philippe Pinchedez	0	0	1	1
	Guillaume De Mévius	0	0	1	1

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Seth Quintero	2022	12
2	Seth Quintero	2021	6
3	Mitch Guthrie	2023	5
4	Kris Meeke	2021	4
5	Cristina Gutiérrez	2021	3
	Mitch Guthrie	2024

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Can-Am	2021, 2022, 2023	3
	Taurus	2024, 2025, 2026

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Taurus	32
2	OT3	24
3	PH Sport	5
	MCE-5
	Can-Am
6	Yamaha	3
7	GRallyTeam	2

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Spain	2
2	Argentina	1
	Chile
	Czech Republic
	United States

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Canada	Can-Am	3	2	1	6
2	United States		1	2	0	3
	Netherlands	Taurus	1	2	0	3
4	Brazil		1	0	0	1
	Chile		1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic		1	0	0	1
	Spain		1	0	1	2
8	Germany		0	2	0	2
	Japan	Yamaha	0	2	0	2
10	Italy		0	1	0	1
	Sweden		0	1	0	1
12	France	Pinch Racing	0	0	4	4
13	Belgium	OT3	0	0	2	2

T4 Modified Production SSV

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Francisco López Contardo	2019, 2021	2
	Brock Heger	2025, 2026
2	Leandro Torres	2017	1
	Reinaldo Varela	2018
	Casey Currie	2020
	Austin Jones	2022
	Eryk Goczał	2023
	Xavier de Soultrait	2024

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Francisco López Contardo	17
2	Reinaldo Varela	12
3	Marek Goczał	8
4	Gerard Farrés	6
5	Patrice Garrouste	5
	Rokas Baciuška
7	Ravil Maganov	4
	Eryk Goczał
	Xavier de Soultrait
10	Mitchell Guthrie	3
	Michał Goczał
	João Ferreira
	Jeremías González Ferioli
	Sara Price

Wins by co-driver

Rank	Co-driver	Years	Wins
1	Gustavo Gugelmin	2018, 2022	2
	Max Eddy	2025, 2026
2	Lourival Roldan	2017	1
	Alvaro Juan Leon Quintanilla	2019
	Sean Berriman	2020
	Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre	2021
	Oriol Mena	2023
	Martin Bonnet	2024

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Francisco López Contardo	2	0	1	3
2	Austin Jones	1	1	0	2
3	Reinaldo Varela	1	0	1	2
4	Leandro Torres	1	0	0	1
	Casey Currie	1	0	0	1
	Eryk Goczał	1	0	0	1
	Xavier de Soultrait	1	0	0	1
	Brock Heger	1	0	0	1
9	Gerard Farrés	0	2	0	2
10	Wang Fujiang	0	1	0	1
	Patrice Garrouste	0	1	0	1
	Sergey Karyakin	0	1	0	1
	Rokas Baciuška	0	1	0	1
	Jérôme de Sadeleer	0	1	0	1

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Marek Goczał	2022	6
2	Francisco López Contardo	2025	5
3	Reinaldo Varela	2018	5
	Patrice Garrouste	2018
	Francisco López Contardo	2021
6	Francisco López Contardo	2019	4
	Ravil Maganov	2019
	Eryk Goczał	2023

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Can-Am	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023	6
2	Polaris	2017, 2024, 2025, 2026	4

• Most successful model of UTV: Can-Am Maverick with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Can-Am	86
2	Polaris	31
3	OT3	5
4	BRP	1

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	United States	4
2	Brazil	2
	Chile
4	France	1
	Poland

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Canada	Can-Am	6	6	6	18
2	United States	Polaris	4	3	2	9
3	Brazil		3	1	1	5
4	Chile		2	0	1	3
5	Spain		1	3	1	5
6	France		1	1	1	3
7	Poland		1	0	3	4
8	Switzerland		0	2	0	2
9	Lithuania		0	1	1	2
	Russia		0	1	1	2
11	China		0	1	0	1

Truck

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Vladimir Chagin	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011	7
2	Karel Loprais	1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001	6
3	Eduard Nikolaev	2013, 2017, 2018, 2019	4
4	Georges Groine	1982, 1983	2
	Francesco Perlini	1992, 1993
	Firdaus Kabirov	2005, 2009
	Gerard de Rooy	2012, 2016
	Andrey Karginov	2014, 2020
	Dmitry Sotnikov	2021, 2022
	Martin Macík	2024, 2025

Most stage wins

(Since 1999)

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Vladimir Chagin	63
2	Firdaus Kabirov	37
3	Gérard de Rooy	33
4	Eduard Nikolaev	24
5	Andrey Karginov	21
6	Hans Stacey	18
7	Aleš Loprais	17
8	Martin Macík	16
	Karel Loprais
10	Dmitry Sotnikov	15

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Vladimir Chagin	7	1	0	8
2	Karel Loprais	6	4	1	11
3	Eduard Nikolaev	4	2	2	8
4	Firdaus Kabirov	2	3	2	7
5	Dmitry Sotnikov	2	2	0	4
6	Gerard de Rooy	2	1	3	6
7	Martin Macík	2	1	0	3
8	Andrey Karginov	2	0	2	4
9	Georges Groine	2	0	1	3
10	Francesco Perlini	2	0	0	2

Stage wins in a single Dakar

(since 1999)

Rank	Driver	Wins	Wins
1	Vladimir Chagin	2010	9
2	Karel Loprais	2001	8
3	Vladimir Chagin	2002, 2006, 2011	7
4	Firdaus Kabirov	2004	6
	Gerard de Rooy	2013
	Eduard Nikolaev	2015
	Martin Macík	2023
8	Vladimir Chagin	2001	5
	Hans Stacey	2007
	Dmitry Sotnikov	2021, 2022
	Aleš Loprais	2025
	Martin Macík	2025

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Kamaz	1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	19
2	Tatra	1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001	6
	Iveco	2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
4	Mercedes-Benz	1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986	5
5	Perlini	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993	4
6	Sonacome	1980	1
	ALM/Acmat	1981
	DAF	1987
	Hino	1997
	MAN	2007

• Most successful model of truck: Tatra 815 with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

(since 1997)

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Kamaz	178
2	Iveco	84
3	Tatra	43
4	MAN	22
5	DAF	16
6	Hino	15
7	GINAF	8
8	Renault	7
9	Mitsubishi	6
10	Praga	4
	MAZ
12	Mercedes-Benz	3

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Russia	19
2	Czech Republic	8
3	France	5
	Netherlands
5	Italy	4
6	Algeria	1
	Austria
	Germany
	Lithuania

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Russia	Kamaz	19	14	11	44
2	Italy	Iveco, Perlini	9	5	6	20
3	Czech Republic	Tatra	7	8	8	23
4	France	ALM-ACMAT, UNIC	6	8	4	18
5	Germany	MAN	6	5	6	17
6	Netherlands	DAF, GINAF	5	4	9	18
7	Poland		3	0	0	3
8	Belgium		2	2	4	8
9	Japan	Hino	1	6	2	9
10	Spain		1	0	3	4
11	Algeria	Sonacome	1	0	1	2
	Russian Automobile Federation		1	0	1	2
13	Austria	Pinzgauer	1	0	0	1
14	Brazil		0	2	1	3
15	Belarus	MAZ	0	1	1	2
16	Sweden	Volvo	0	1	0	1
	United States	Ford	0	1	0	1
18	Kazakhstan		0	0	2	2
19	Argentina		0	0	1	1
	Estonia		0	0	1	1

Classic

Since 2021

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Carlos Santaolalla	2024, 2025	2
2	Marc Douton	2021	1
	Serge Mogno	2022
	Juan Morera	2023
	Karolis Raišys	2026

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Carlos Santaolalla	9
2	Marc Douton	7
3	Xavier Piña Garnatcha	4
	Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici
	Juan Morera
6	Kilian Revuelta	3
	Ondřej Klymčiw
	Lorenzo Traglio
9	Jesus Fuster Pliego	2
	Jerome Galpin

Fewest points at finish

Rank	Driver	Years	Points
1	Serge Mogno	2022	399
2	Juan Morera	2023	428
3	Carlos Santaolalla	2023	529
4	Arnaud Euvrard	2022	602
5	Paolo Bedeschi	2023	631
6	Jesus Fuster Pliego	2022	701
7	Jerome Galpin	2022	803
8	Riccardo Garosci	2023	813
9	Carlos Santaolalla	2024	820
10	Lorenzo Traglio	2024	832

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Carlos Santaolalla	1	1	0	2
2	Marc Douton	1	0	0	1
	Serge Mogno	1	0	0	1
	Juan Morera	1	0	0	1
5	Juan Donatiu	0	1	0	1
	Arnaud Euvrard	0	1	0	1
	Lorenzo Traglio	0	1	0	1
8	Paolo Bedeschi	0	0	2	2
9	Lilian Harichoury	0	0	1	1

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Carlos Santaolalla	2025	8
2	Carlos Santaolalla	2024	7
3	Marc Douton	2021	6
	Karolis Raišys	2026
5	Xavier Piña Garnatcha	2022	4
	Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici	2023
7	Lorenzo Traglio	2024	3

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	Toyota	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	4
2	Sunhill	2021	1
	Land Rover	2026

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Toyota	21
2	Nissan	8
3	Sunhill	6
4	Mercedes-Benz	3
	Protruck
	Škoda
7	Porsche	2
8	Renault	1
	Mitsubishi

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Spain	3
2	France	2
3	Lithuania	1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Japan	Mitsubishi, Toyota	3	3	2	8
2	France	Renault, Sunhill	3	1	2	6
3	Spain		2	2	1	5
4	Italy		0	1	2	3
5	Germany	Mercedes-Benz	0	1	1	2

Mission 1000

Since 2024

Most wins

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Jordi Juvanteny	2024, 2025, 2026	3

Most stage wins

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Jordi Juvanteny	18
2	Benjamín Pascual	8
3	Wenmin Su	3
4	Yoshio Ikemachi	2
	Fran Gómez Pallas
	Jean-Michel Paulhe
7	Sylvain Espinasse	1
	Willy Jobard
	Esther Merino

Most points at finish

Rank	Driver	Years	Points
1	Jordi Juvanteny	2025	249
2	Jordi Juvanteny	2026	237
3	Yoshio Ikemachi	2025	235
4	Fran Gómez Pallas	2026	231
5	Benjamín Pascual	2026	209
6	Esther Merino	2026	208
7	Miguel Puertas	2026	200
8	Yi Guanghui	2026	197
9	Benjamín Pascual	2025	195
10	Jie Yang	2026	193

Most podiums

Rank	Driver				Total
1	Jordi Juvanteny	3	0	0	3
2	Yoshio Ikemachi	0	1	0	1
	Fran Gómez Pallas	0	1	0	1
	Jean-Michel Paulhe	0	1	0	1
5	Benjamín Pascual	0	0	2	2
6	Wenmin Su	0	0	1	1

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank	Driver	Years	Wins
1	Jordi Juvanteny	2025	9
2	Benjamín Pascual	2026	6
3	Jordi Juvanteny	2026	5
4	Jordi Juvanteny	2024	4
5	Wenmin Su	2024	3

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Years	Wins
1	MAN	2024, 2025, 2026	3

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	MAN	18
2	Segway	8
3	Arctic Leopard	7
4	Can-Am	2
	HySE
6	Tacita	1

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins
1	Spain	3

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank	Nation	Make				Total
1	Spain		3	1	0	4
2	Germany	MAN	3	0	0	3
3	Japan	HySE	0	2	0	2
4	China	Arctic Leopard, Segway	0	1	4	5
5	Canada	Can-Am	0	1	0	1
	France		0	1	0	1
7	Argentina		0	0	2	2

Overall

The following records aggregate results across the primary competitive categories of the Dakar Rally: Bikes, Quads, Cars, Stock, Challenger (T3), SSV (T4), and Trucks. These categories constitute the main event, competing under shared sporting regulations for elapsed-time victory over the full rally distance.

This section excludes the Dakar Classic (regularity-based) and Mission 1000 (experimental/reduced distance) events, which operate under distinct scoring systems and routes.

Wins

Rank	Competitor	Wins	Category
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	14	Bikes/Cars
2	Vladimir Chagin	7	Trucks
3	Karel Loprais	6	Trucks
	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Cars
4	Cyril Neveu	5	Bikes
	Cyril Despres		Bikes
	Marc Coma		Bikes
8	Edi Orioli	4	Bikes
	Ari Vatanen		Cars
	Carlos Sainz		Cars
	Eduard Nikolaev		Trucks
12	Richard Sainct	3	Bikes
	Marcos Patronelli		Quads
	Ignacio Casale		Quads
	Francisco López Contardo		Challenger/SSV
	Pierre Lartigue		Cars
	René Metge		Cars
18	Sam Sunderland	2	Bikes
	Hubert Auriol		Bikes
	Gaston Rahier		Bikes
	Fabrizio Meoni		Bikes
	Toby Price		Bikes
	Nani Roma		Bikes/Cars
	Alejandro Patronelli		Quads
	Jean-Louis Schlesser		Cars
	Hiroshi Masuoka		Cars
	Georges Groine		Trucks
	Francesco Perlini		Trucks
	Firdaus Kabirov		Trucks
	Gerard de Rooy		Trucks
	Andrey Karginov		Trucks
	Josef Macháček		Quads/Challenger
	Dmitry Sotnikov		Trucks
	Martin Macík		Trucks

Wins by nationality

Rank	Nationality	Wins	Category
1	France	53	Bikes/Quads/Cars/SSV/Trucks
2	Russia	20	Quads/Trucks
3	Spain	13	Bikes/Cars/Challenger
4	Argentina	12	Bikes/Quads/Challenger
5	Czech Republic	10	Quads/Challenger/Trucks
	Italy		Bikes/Trucks
7	United States	7	Bikes/Challenger/SSV
8	Chile	6	Quads/Challenger/SSV
	Qatar		Cars
10	Finland	5	Cars
	Netherlands		Trucks
12	Australia	3	Bikes
	Belgium		Bikes/Cars
	Germany		Cars/Trucks
	Japan		Cars
16	Austria	2	Bikes/Trucks
	Brazil		SSV
	Lithuania		Stock/Trucks
	Poland		Quads/SSV
	United Kingdom		Bikes
21	Algeria	1	Trucks
	Saudi Arabia		Cars
	South Africa		Cars

Stage wins

Rank	Competitor	Wins	Category
1	Stéphane Peterhansel	83	Bikes/Cars
2	Vladimir Chagin	63	Trucks
3	Ari Vatanen	50	Cars
	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Cars
5	Carlos Sainz	42	Cars
6	Hubert Auriol	37	Bikes/Cars
	Firdaus Kabirov		Trucks
8	Cyril Despres	35	Bikes/Cars/SSV
9	Gérard de Rooy	33	Trucks
10	Jacky Ickx	29	Cars
	Joan Barreda		Bikes
12	Jordi Arcarons	27	Bikes
13	Hiroshi Masuoka	25	Cars
	Nani Roma		Bikes/Cars
	Marc Coma		Bikes
16	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	24	Cars
	Eduard Nikolaev		Trucks
18	Sébastien Loeb	23	Cars
	Ignacio Casale		Quads
20	Pierre Lartigue	21	Cars
	Kenjiro Shinozuka		Cars
	Andrey Karginov		Trucks
	Marcos Patronelli		Quads
24	Alessandro De Petri  [ it ]	19	Bikes
25	Hans Stacey	18	Trucks
	Seth Quintero		Challenger
	Giniel de Villiers		Cars
28	Edi Orioli	17	Bikes
	Gaston Rahier		Bikes
30	Karel Loprais	16	Trucks
31	Richard Sainct	15	Bikes
	Toby Price		Bikes
	Bruno Saby		Cars
	Jean-Louis Schlesser		Cars
	Dmitry Sotnikov		Trucks

Wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins	Category
1	Yamaha	23	Bikes/Quads
2	Kamaz	19	Trucks
3	KTM	18	Bikes
4	Mitsubishi	12	Cars
5	Honda	7	Bikes
	Peugeot		Cars
	Can-Am		Challenger/SSV
8	Tatra	6	Trucks
	Mini		Cars
	BMW		Bikes
	Mercedes-Benz		Cars/Trucks
12	Toyota	5	Cars
13	Citroën	4	Cars
	Volkswagen		Cars
	Perlini		Trucks
16	Cagiva	2	Bikes
	Porsche		Cars
	Range Rover		Cars
	Schlesser		Cars
	Iveco		Trucks
21	Gas Gas	1	Bikes
	Polaris		SSV
	Renault		Cars
	Sonacome		Trucks
	ALM/Acmat		Trucks
	DAF		Trucks
	Hino		Trucks
	MAN		Trucks

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins	Category
1	Yamaha	293	Bikes/Quads/Challenger
2	KTM	228	Bikes
3	Kamaz	178	Trucks
4	Mitsubishi	156	Cars/Trucks
5	Honda	107	Bikes/Quads
6	Peugeot	78	Cars
7	BMW	61	Bikes/Cars
8	Cagiva	59	Bikes
	Citroën		Cars
	Volkswagen		Cars
11	Can-Am	54	Quads/SSV
12	Toyota	52	Cars
13	Mini	42	Cars
	Tatra		Trucks
15	Iveco	40	Trucks
16	Range Rover	34	Cars
17	Schlesser	30	Cars
18	OT3	27	Challenger/SSV
19	MAN	22	Trucks
20	Nissan	21	Cars
	Polaris		Quads/SSV
	Porsche		Cars
23	Mercedes-Benz	20	Cars/Trucks
24	Lada	18	Cars
25	DAF	16	Trucks
26	Hino	15	Trucks

Rally

Entrants

• Highest number of entrants (including 224 assistance cars and trucks): 688 (2005)
• Highest number of entrants (only competitors): 603 (1988)
• Highest number of female entrants: 17 (2019) ^[8]

Finishers

• Highest number of finishers: 317 (2022) (446 including Classic)
• Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 77.51% (2017) (80.94% including Classic)
• Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
• Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
• Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)

Distance

• Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
• Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)

Countries

• Most countries: 11 in 1992 (France, Libya, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa)
• Fewest countries: 1 in 2019 (Peru), 2020 - 2023 (Saudi Arabia)

Largest difference between winner and last place

(since 2009, until further reliable data is found)

Class	Year	Winner		Last Place		Difference
		Competitor	Result	Competitor	Result
Bike	2022	Sam Sunderland	38:47:30	Juan Puga	203:59:47	+165:12:17
Quad	2014	Ignacio Casale	68:28:04	Eugenio Favre	155:25:31	+86:57:27
Car	2019	Nasser Al-Attiyah	34:38:14	Alex Aguirregaviria	524:26:48	+489:48:34
T3	2022	Francisco López Contardo	45:50:51	Boris Gadasin	230:03:52	+184:13:01
T4	2018	Reinaldo Varela	72:44:06	Leo Larrauri	205:04:18	+132:20:12
Truck	2014	Andrey Karginov	55:00:28	Georges Ginesta	336:49:15	+391:48:47
Classic	2021	Marc Douton	961	Ignacio Corcuera	307707	+306746

Individuals

• Highest percentage of stage wins in a single rally: Seth Quintero with 92.31% (12/13) (2022)
• Most podiums without a win: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 7 podiums (6x and 1x )
• Most entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara and Stéphane Peterhansel with 36 entries
• Most consecutive entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 36 entries (1983-2007, 2009-2019) ^[9]
• Most finishes: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 29 finishes
• Most consecutive finishes: Giniel de Villiers with 21 (2003-2007, 2009-2024)
• Most consecutive top 10 finishes: Giniel de Villiers with 16 (2009-2024)
• Most classes competed in: Kees Koolen 5 classes (Bike/Quad/Car/Truck/SSV), ^[10] Ignacio Casale 5 classes (Bike/Quad/Truck/SSV/Challenger), Yoshimasa Sugawara 3 classes (Bike/Car/Truck), ^[11] Cyril Despres 3 classes (Bike/Car/SSV), Giulio Verzeletti 3 classes (Bike/Car/Truck), Xavier Foj 3 classes (Truck/Car/SSV), Francisco López Contardo 3 classes (Bikes/Challenger/SSV), Hélder Rodrigues 3 classes (Bikes/Challenger/SSV), Eryk Goczał 3 classes (Car/Challenger/SSV), Rokas Baciuška 3 classes (Car/Challenger/SSV) and Oriol Vidal 3 classes (Car/Challenger/SSV)
• Oldest competitor: Marcel Hugueny at 81 years (1995) ^[12]
• Oldest rookie: Graham Knight at 68, ? months, ? days (2020) ^[13]
• Oldest winner: Josef Macháček at 63, 10 months, 2 days (2021)
• Youngest competitor: Mitchel van den Brink at 16 years, 357 days (2019) ^[14]
• Youngest winner of a stage:
  • Bike: Edgar Canet at 20 years, 294 days (Stage 1, 2026)
  • Car: Saood Variawa at 19 years, 190 days (Stage 3, 2025)
  • Challenger T3: Seth Quintero at 18 years, 114 days (Stage 2, 2021)
  • SSV T4: Eryk Goczał at 18 years, 56 days (Stage 1, 2023)
  • Truck: Mitchel van den Brink at 21 years, 357 days (Stage 6, 2023)
• Youngest finisher:
  • Bike: Konrad Dabrowski at 19 years, 162 days (2021)
  • Car: Saood Variawa at 19 years, 200 days (2025)
  • Truck: Mitchel van den Brink at 17 years, 3 days (2019)
• First female winner (cars): Jutta Kleinschmidt (2001)
• Fewest Classic points: 399 Serge Mogno (2022)
• Most Classic points: 307,707 Roberto Camporese (2021)
• Most Classic penalty points: 87,420 Ignacio Corcuera (2021)

Vehicle

• Most successful vehicle model: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins
• Most manufacturer wins: Kamaz with 19 wins.
• Most manufacturer finishes: Yamaha (bikes), Honda (bikes), Toyota (cars) had a vehicle finish in all 43 rallies

Countries

Number of times started in

Country	Years	Starts
France	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	21
Argentina	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016	7
Saudi Arabia	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Spain	1995, 1996, 1999, 2005	4
Peru	2013, 2018, 2019	3
Senegal	1997, 2000	2
Portugal	2006, 2007
Paraguay	2017	1

Number of times finished in

Country	Years	Finishes
Senegal	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007	26
Argentina	2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	7
Saudi Arabia	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Egypt	2000, 2003	2
Chile	2013, 2014
Peru	2012, 2019
South Africa	1992	1
France	1994

Number of times entered

Country	Entries
Senegal	27
Mali	22
France	21
Mauritania	20
Niger	14
Morocco	12
Spain
Algeria	10
Argentina
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	7
Chile
Libya	6
Guinea
Saudi Arabia
Bolivia	5
Peru	4
Ivory Coast	3
Egypt	2
Portugal
Chad
Tunisia
South Africa	1
Angola
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo
Namibia
Central African Republic
Sierra Leone
Paraguay

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